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Paperback. Across more than six generations - beginning before the Revolutionary War - the Breckinridge family has produced a series of notable leaders. These often controversial men and women included a presidential candidate, a US vice president, cabinet members, generals, women's rights advocates, congressmen, editors, reformers, and church leaders. Num Pages: 412 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813191652
- ISBN
- 9780813191652
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.68
€ 59.68
Hardcover. Forrest McDonald is the NEH's sixteenth Jefferson Lecturer, an eminent historians and the author of numerous works on the early American republic, the Constitution, and the American presidency. Here he recounts and reconsiders his own career, mixing in equal measure autobiography with a sharp critique of the historical craft. Num Pages: 200 pages, 20 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; HBAH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700613298
- ISBN
- 9780700613298
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
paperback. Illustrator(s): Steinberg, Saul. Num Pages: 188 pages, black and white throughout. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- DAUNT BOOKS
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781907970573
- ISBN
- 9781907970573
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 9.99
€ 16.99
€ 9.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 95 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 7. Weight in Grams: 148.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Currency Press Pty Ltd Australia
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780868197883
- ISBN
- 9780868197883
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.96
€ 19.99
€ 14.96
Paperback. This first comprehensive account of the early life of longtime Chinese premier Zhou Enlai shows how the rich and diverse personal, educational, and political experiences of his formative years established clear patterns for his future personal and political orientations. Num Pages: 256 pages, 37 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 16. Weight in Grams: 329.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804727006
- ISBN
- 9780804727006
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 16ill. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; BGHA; HBJH; HBLW3; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583226155
- ISBN
- 9781583226155
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.95
€ 17.99
€ 16.95
Paperback. Presents an account of the life of Tiberius, the second Roman emperor. This title argues that Tiberius' character provides the key to understanding his reign. It portrays Tiberius as a man whose virtues and beliefs were corrupted by power. It shows how Tiberius' fears of conspiracy and assassination caused him to lose his grasp of reality. Series: Blackwell Ancient Lives. Num Pages: 336 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405115292
- ISBN
- 9781405115292
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 43.11
€ 44.99
€ 43.11
Paperback. This book is a compilation of two of Herbert Lockyer's classic books: All the Men of the Bible and All the Women of the Bible. This unique source book on the subject of Bible characters is a monumental achievement to benefit Christians who want to have information on biblical characters at their fingertips. The Bible contains more than three thou Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: 5AK; BGX; GBC; HRCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 48. Weight in Grams: 776.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Zondervan United States
- Number of pages
- 704
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780310605881
- ISBN
- 9780310605881
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.78
€ 26.99
€ 25.78
Hardback. A legendary figure in his own lifetime, Rabbi Eliahu ben Shlomo Zalman (1720-1797) was known as the "Gaon of Vilna". He was the acknowledged master of Talmudic studies in the intellectual centre of Vilna. This text sheds light on aspects of the Vilna Gaon's "real" character. Translator(s): Green, Jeffrey. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; BGH; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520223943
- ISBN
- 9780520223943
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.77€ 49.08
€ 62.77
€ 49.08
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 134 x 20. Weight in Grams: 263.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1972
- Publisher
- Vida Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780829704341
- ISBN
- 9780829704341
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.13
€ 18.99
€ 17.13
Paperback. The last member of Operation Valkyrie - the daring July 20 1944 plot to assassinate Hitler - tells his remarkable story. Num Pages: 192 pages, 20. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; BGHA; HBJD; HBWQ; JPWL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Phoenix
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753825662
- ISBN
- 9780753825662
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.25
€ 11.99
€ 10.25
paperback. A senior journalist for "Time Magazine, " Aikman profiles six figures who embody specific virtues including Bill Graham, Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa, Pope John Paul II and others. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; G; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780739104385
- ISBN
- 9780739104385
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.19
€ 69.19
paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 199 x 22. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780553816464
- ISBN
- 9780553816464
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.14
€ 12.99
€ 11.14
Paperback. Takes readers back to the author's childhood days, his humiliating expulsion from school and to his army years and wartime service. This book shows how after the war he returned to America and there came his Hollywood success in films such as "Wuthering Heights" and "Around the World in 80 Days". Num Pages: 336 pages, 16pp photographs. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 264. Good clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140239249
- ISBN
- 9780140239249
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.03
€ 14.99
€ 11.03
Hardcover. Num Pages: 503 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; BGH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 36. Weight in Grams: 890.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Victoria University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780864738967
- ISBN
- 9780864738967
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.40
€ 41.40
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Back Bay Books United States
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780316734974
- ISBN
- 9780316734974
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 18.02
€ 23.99
€ 18.02
Paperback. Widely debated in feminist, poststructuralist, and literary theory is the relationship between subjectivity and the body. This book states that yet, autobiographical criticism - an obvious place for testing this conceptual relationship - has lagged behind queries about the embodied self. It analyzes the genre of terminal illness autobiographies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 29 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; DSK; VFJB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813926650
- ISBN
- 9780813926650
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.70
€ 31.70
mass_market. A former US Navy SEAL, the author tells the story of his legendary career, from 1999-2009, during which time he recorded the most confirmed sniper kills in the history of the United States military, any branch, from 1776 to present. He also tells the story of the men of SEAL Team 3 who fought and died as brothers with him. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGHA; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 106 x 28. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- William Morrow Paperbacks
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780062238863
- ISBN
- 9780062238863
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 8.70
€ 16.99
€ 8.70
Hardcover. Series: Presidential Wives. Num Pages: 143 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BG; JH; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 143
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590334072
- ISBN
- 9781590334072
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.41€ 56.87
€ 73.41
€ 56.87
Paperback. Tiberius has always been one of the most enigmatic of the Roman emperors and Barbara Levick offers a comprehensive and engaging portrait of his life. This new edition contains a new preface and a revised bibliography. Series: Roman Imperial Biographies. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7 line drawings, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415217538
- ISBN
- 9780415217538
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.02
€ 57.02
Paperback. An examination of the misogynist writings in the commonplace books of William Byrd II and Thomas Jefferson. This work explores the structures, contexts and significance of these writings in the wider historical contexts of gender and power. Num Pages: 148 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JF; 3JH; BG; DSB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 148 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780814750896
- ISBN
- 9780814750896
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Hardcover. Al-Khalil was distinguished in his own time as a lexicographer, phonologist, grammarian, educator and musicologist. This is an interdisciplinary collection that explores the contributions to Arabic intellectual history of al-Khalil ibn Ahmad, (d AH 175/AD 791). Editor(s): Ryding, Karin C. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; BG; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878406630
- ISBN
- 9780878406630
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.20
€ 46.20
Paperback. Melvin Juette has said that becoming paralyzed in a gang-related shooting was 'both the worst and best thing that happened' to him. The incident, he believes, surely spared the then sixteen-year-old African American from prison and/or an early death. It transformed him in other ways, too. This title tells Juette's story. Num Pages: 192 pages, 10 Halftones. BIC Classification: BGSA; JFFG; WSJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 210 x 16. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592134755
- ISBN
- 9781592134755
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.29
€ 26.99
€ 25.29
Paperback. Biography of Bart Starr, Green Bay Packers star quarterback during the Vince Lombardi era (1959-1968). Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1955
- Publisher
- Taylor Trade Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589793156
- ISBN
- 9781589793156
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.42
€ 18.99
€ 17.42